Join Casey on her forest stroll, where a chance encounter with the timeless Chandlers unveils a secret refuge for children orphaned by a tornado. In this sanctuary, mysteries unfold, and Casey learns that the resilient kids hold the key to their own destiny. As the Chandlers unwrap the strength within each 'spoonful of help,' their forest home becomes a stage for rediscovery, and destinies are transformed through kindness and shared dreams. Soon, the ordinary becomes extraordinary, weaving...

This is the "go-to" book for helping you solve your problems of life and pain in dealing with: Your broken heart from the death and loss of your dear loved one; Marital problems; Divorce and your feelings of depression, loneliness, and insecurity; How to repair your broken marriage and avoid divorce; How to find a fix for and recover from the most difficult times of your life; How to change your bad and unhappy life to an exhilaratingly happy and peaceful life; God's plan for your life---b...

In The Tempest, long considered one of Shakespeare’s most lyrical plays, Prospero, a sorcerer, and his daughter, Miranda, have been stranded on an enchanted island for twelve years. When a shipwreck—caused by the eponymous tempest—brings enemies to the island, the stage is set for comedy, romance, and reconciliation. The Tempest embodies both seemingly timeless romance and the historically specific moment in which Europe began to explore and conquer the New World. Its poetic beauty, comple...

Pat Gohn draws on decades of women's ministry experience, her popular Catholic women's podcast Among Women, and her own story as a wife and mother, proclaiming the Church's compelling vision of every woman: you have dignity, you are gifted, and you have a mission.The lively and unforgettable Gohn guides readers through moments of her life that have shaped her identity and understanding of womanhood--abiding love and talent for music, breast cancer in her thirties, and comi...

"The Mean Genes message is optimistic . . . a self-help book for the merely average human being." (The Washington Post Book World)"An unusual cross between a social Darwinist monograph and a self-help manual." (The New Yorker)Why do we want-and do-so many things that are bad for us? In Mean Genes Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan argue that we need to stop looking to Sigmund Freud for answers and start looking to Charles Darwin. Mean Genes rev...

Blackstone Audio presents an eclectic mix of stories, plays and sketches dedicated to the thinking paranoiac. Gore, sex, horror, literature and edifying morals—what more could you want from an audiobook?This collection includes "In a Grove," upon which Akira Kurosawa based his classic film, Rashomon; an adult fairy tale by the author of Winnie-the-Pooh; the real story (honest!) behind Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel The Moon Maid; and cautionary and scary ta...

Although some people make it look easy, the reality is that the path to success is often convoluted and messy. It's tempting to believe that the professionals surrounding us somehow have their act completely together while we lurch fitfully onward, but the real story is often much more complicated and chaotic. This refreshingly honest book provides welcome reassurance for every businesswoman who's ever wondered, "Is it me, or has the whole rest of the company gone nuts?!" Each chapter is a fa...

2022 Splatterpunk Award Winner**[STARRED REVIEW] *“Hugo Award–winning editor Datlow (Edited By) brings together 29 spine-tingling tales of body horror to terrify even the most seasoned horror reader."—*Publishers WeeklyBestselling editor Ellen Datlow (Lovecraft’s Monsters) presents body horror at its most wide-ranging and shocking best. Discover twenty-nine intricate, twisted tales of the human body, soul, and psyche, as told by...

A Super Effort, Plowed In and Card Tricks In A Super Effort, Archie goes to super-hero school but discovers that having super powers doesnt help his personal life. Then, in Plowed In, Archie spends the first snow day of the year shoveling for money, but Reggie is the one who profits. Next, Archie makes Riverdale High trading cards the new yearbook in Card Tricks, but whos the most valuable card?

Winner of the Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Awards: "Twenty insanely inventive, hauntingly atmospheric and flat out coo coo for Cocoa Puffs stories" ( Hellnotes).A World Fantasy Award nominee, "this anthology . . . is a collection of some of the most talented horror and speculative fiction authors writing today" ( BuzzFeed). It includes all-new stories by Laird Barron, Pat Cadigan, Brian Evenson, Jeffrey Ford, Caítlin R. Kiernan, Garth Nix, Mich...

Stories of the archetypal Trickster from Michael Cadnum, Charles de Lint, Patricia A. McKillip, Jeffrey Ford, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and others.World Fantasy Award FinalistThe mythic Trickster is both good and bad, wise and witless, sacred and profane. He appears in many different guises in world mythology, taking the form of a god in Greek legend; a coyote, raven, or rabbit in Native American lore; a meddlesome faery in English folktales; a la...

This multiple award-winning anthology of twenty psychological and supernatural horror stories explores the outer limits of fear.To create this volume, renowned horror editor Ellen Datlow wrote to her favorite authors asking for stories that would "provide the reader with a frisson of shock, or a moment of dread so powerful it might cause the reader outright physical discomfort; or a sensation of fear so palpable that the reader feels impelled to turn up the lights v...